McDonald’s drive-thru plan shelved

Plans to create a new drive-thru McDonald’s in Hyde have been shelved.

The fast food giant announced their ambition to build on the Viceroy Indian restaurant site in August last year, submitting official proposals a few months later. But in a shock twist, those plans have now been withdrawn.

The new drive-thru restaurant had been touted for Grafton Street – between the M67 and Clark Way.

Currently, the closest McDonald’s restaurant to Hyde is in Mottram. Bosses at the US fast-food chain said the plan would have brought around 120 new jobs to the area and catered for local residents as well as passing motorway traffic.

The reasons for the plans been taken off the table have not been revealed.

Planning papers read: “We are excited to be bringing forward proposals for a new McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant off Grafton Street in Hyde.

“The creation of a new drive-thru restaurant would also deliver a range of benefits, including significant investment into the local economy and the creation of approximately 120 new jobs, in a range of full and part-time positions.

“We recognise that whilst the site is part of a wider commercial area, there are residential properties nearby. We take our responsibility to our neighbours very seriously and have embedded a range of measures in our emerging proposals to protect the amenity of our neighbours.”

Landscaping and new tree planting is also in the plans, as well as road access upgrades and three daily on-site litter picks.